Nigeria’s forex reserves gain $6.4mn in 3 weeks
14 January 2019 |
1:16 pm
Nigeria's FX reserves rose by 6.4 million dollars to 43.05 billion naira between the 17th of December to the 9th of January; Deinma Iyagba, Currency trader at UBA joins CNBC Africa to recap activities at the fixed income and FX markets this week.
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